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From: steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu (Steve Diver)
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Subject: Re: urban agriculture
Date: 18 Jan 1995 17:08:12 -0000
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Emily,
Here's something of interest to you and others on
sanet-mg related to urban forestry/agroforestry et al.
At the Agroforestry and Sustainable Systems Symposium in Ft.
Collins, CO, last August, there were two presentations of
special note.
1. The National Arbor Day Foundation has put together--in
cooperation with USDA Agencies like SCS & Extension Service--
an excellent illustrated brochure and accompanying 80-slide set
on "Conservation Trees-For Your Farm, Family & Future." The
slide set is only $25 and a case of 600 brochures is $60. I
highly recommend these. Topics covered include:
Riparian Filter Strips
Wildlife Habitat
Field Windbreaks
Farmstead Windbreaks
Living Snow Fences
Trees for Livestock
Tree Plantations
Alley Cropping
Specialty Crops
Trees for Recreations Areas
Woodlot Management
Multi-Purpose Plantings
Contact:
National Arbor Day Foundation
211 North 12th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
2. An urban forestry program known as "Working Trees for
Communities" was developed by the USDA Urban Forestry
program. Jerry Bratton was the chief person sponsoring it.
One of their slogos was "Trees willing to work for room
and board." Like the Arbor Day stuff, USDA has a set of
excellent slides and materials to support this educational
program.
They are promoting it to youth groups within municipalities
to pick it up and make it happen. This program is known as
PAT/HAK, or "Plant a Tree, Help a Kid." It is being done
in cooperation with local SCS and Extension workers,
who provide on-site advice. I don't have a contact.
Topics include: Working Trees (WT)
WT for Sewage Treatment
WT for Community Windbreaks
WT for Shopping & Business Centers
WT for Industrial Sites
WT for Protecting Schools & Churches
WT for Community Living Snow Fences
WT for Recreation Protection
WT for Erosion Control
WT for Protecting Emergency Routes
WT for Energy Conservation
WT for Screening & Noise Control
WT for Wildlife & Habitat Protection
BTW, the proceedings of the Symposium will be published by
the Rocky Mtn. Forestry and Range Experiment Station in
1995. There is plenty of vital stuff going on in
agroforestry, an important component of sustainable
agriculture.
Also, the permaculture literature has some of the most cutting edge
stuff in relation to integrating multi-purpose annual and
perennial plants into built environments.
Steve Diver
steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu
> To whom it may concern:
> I am seeking information on projects involving agricutural food
> production and forestry in urban environments. I am interested in past
> and current projects going on in this country and abroad. I am also
> interested in any discussions of the social and environmental
> ramifications of urban agriculture.
> Thanks, Emily Kellert
> egkF94@hamp.hampshire.edu